Adjustable heel rest



H. SNYDER.

ADJUSTABLE HEEL REST.

APPLICATION man act. 5. 1921.

Patented Oct. 31, 1922.

INVENTOR HAPPY SNYDER 'ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 31, 1922.

' tease HARRY SNYDER, or OAKLAND, ,CALIZEFORNIA.

ADJUSTABLE H E REST.

Application filed October 5,

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, HARRY SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the-county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Heel Rests, of which the following is a specification.

This invent-ion'relatesto a foot rest, and especially to such rests as are employed .by the drivers of motor vehicles and the like.

One of the objects of the present invention is to generally improve and simplify foot rests of the character described; to provide a foot rest which may be readily applied to the foot board of any standard motor vehicle in use today; a foot rest which will serve as a protection for the foot board, and )articularly the mat-or covering usually employed, and above all a foot rest which is universally and freely movable within limits to any position required when the foot throttle or the brake pedal is to be employed.

Further objects will hereinafter appear.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in which F ig. 1 is a side elevation of the foot rest showing its position on the foot board with relation to the throttle lever.

Fig. 2 is a central, vertical, longitudinal section of the foot rest or in other words the heel support.

Fig. 3 is a plan ,view of the base portion.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the heel rest and the base by which it is supported.

Referring to the drawings in detail, and particularly to Fig. 1, A indicates in general the foot board of an automobile or like vehicle, 2 the throttle lever or accelerator. 3 the foot of the operator or driver, and 4 the rest by which the foot and particularly the heel is supported when the car is being: driven.

The foot rest more particularly described is in reality the heel cap so supported that universal and free movement of the foot within limits to any position required will be permitted. This is accomplished in the following manner: 5 indicates a base plate constructed of fairly heavy sheet metal or like material. The plate is preferably formed. between a pair of dies and when so treated a spherical or socket portion 6 1921. Serial No. 505,474.

formed in the plate is a semi-circular openng '4. This opening is formed adjacent the top of the sphere, one side presenting a is formed centrally of the plate. Also straight line 8 and the other side a curve is a pin or rivet 12, and supported by the upper plate 10 is a heel cap or plate consisting of a base portion 18 and a semicircular side fiai'ige 1 1. The pin or rivet indicated at 15 does not only extend through the plates 10 and 11, but also through the base 13 of the foot rest. The three members are thus secured as an integral unit and will move in unison whenever movement is imparted thereto. The pin 15 extends through the opening 7 and rearward movement of the heel rest is limited by the straight side 8. Booking movement to either side is permitted and forward movement within the limits of the curved portion 9 is permitted in any direction. A universal mounting and support is therefore provided which permits movement of the foot within limits to any position required when the .foot throttle 2 or the brake pedal not here illustrated is to be employed. This is of considerable importance as it permits perfect freedom of action when control of the automobile is considered and relieves the driver from strained or cramped positions, incident to rigid foot rests and the like.

The foot rest further serves as a protection for the mat usually present in the driving compartment of the automobile, and for the foot board proper. It is so constructed that it may be readily adjusted with rela tion to any of the, pedals desired, and as it stalled' in any standard form of motor vehicle or car in use today.

The inner or upper surface of the base Havingthus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure byLette-rs Pat- ,1. A heel rest ot the character described, comprising a .sphericalshaped base portion, a member attached to the base portion and universally movable with relation thereto, and a heel rest secured to said men' ber.

2. A heel rest of the character described,

comprising a base plate, a spherical shaped support formed thereon, an opening formed in the upper portion of said spherical support, a pair of spherical shaped plates, one disposed on each side of said opening and forming a closure therefor, aheel'rest supported by theuppermost plate, and a pin extending through the heel rest and both of the plates and securing the same as'a unit.

3. A heel rest of the character described, comprising a spherical shaped support, a base plate formed in a part thereof, a semicircular shaped. opening, formed by the apex of the sphere, a pair of cover plates carried by the sphere, one on the upper surface and one on the inner surface, a' pin extending through said plates and the semicircular opening: formed in the apex of the spherical shaped supporting member, and a heel rest carried by the uppermost plate and secured by said pin.

.HARRY SNYDER. 

